1. After that, your iCloud Photo Library should be cleared/wiped out. Note: If for some reason you turn the 'iCloud Photo Library (Beta)' option back on in iOS, and the old/deleted photos are still there, just delete them off of the device/s first, then repeat the steps I mentioned above.
2. How to Clean Up Your Messy iPhone Photo Library. Launch the Photos app. Tap the “Select” button in the upper right corner of the screen. Choose the photos you want to get rid of. Once you’ve selected all of the files that should be disposed of, tap the trash can icon at the bottom of the screen.

• Delete Photos Library And Start Over

The process of deleting a photo album from the Photos app on the Mac is even more simple than on iPhone and iPad. Open the “Photos” app on your Mac. Now, go to the sidebar, and expand the “My Albums” folder. Here, look for the folder that you want to delete and then right-click it. From the context menu, choose the “Delete Album.

Added: After you delete the Photos Library from your Mac you can only access the photos in iCloud using the web interface and the Photos.app on the www.icloud.com page. You cannot access iCloud Photo Library using Photos on your Mac, unless you make a photos library on an external drive your System Photos Library. As long as iCloud Photo Library is enabled on your Mac the photos will download again.

To avoid having a large Photos Library on your Mac

• either use a library on an external drive with Photos and iCloud Photo Library
• or use a small Photos Library on your internal drive without iCloud Photos Library enabled and use the web interface to access your Photos in iCloud
• or disable iCloud Photo Library completely on your Mac and use only the web interface to iCloud Photo Library.

Delete Photos Library And Start Over

Dec 27, 2015 8:09 AM